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Subnuts 01-31-14 08:00 PM

6 Things Movies Don't Show You About Life on a Submarine
 
Pretty interesting/funny article from Someone Who Was There (TM):
http://www.cracked.com/article_20871...submarine.html

Kapitan_Phillips 01-31-14 08:24 PM

Thanks for sharing! :hmmm:

Aktungbby 01-31-14 08:40 PM

Still cannot compare to taking a dump in front of the engine room crew on a communal can between the engines ("jumbos") of a Nazi Uboot...just so the head, off the galley, could be used for food storage! On a sub, crewmen are necessarily...pieces of equipment. :o O to be on watch on the con deck! at least ya could breath...till a big wave spooged the lookout station and swept the watchmen from the con, as on one sorty!...the alternative: a rifle and a one way ticket to Stalingrad...or 'Nam...or as Pete Seeger had it "Waist deep in the Big Muddy" The horror isn't that it's so bad, it's that it's is so much worse other ways. :/\\!!

razark 01-31-14 08:47 PM

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Originally Posted by Aktungbby (Post 2170251)
as Bob Seeger had it "Waist deep in the Big Muddy"

:nope:
Not even a week, and they're already forgetting your name, Pete!

Aktungbby 01-31-14 09:03 PM

GOT ME! ...fixed-especially as I posted three of his anthems in "what's hot for Pete's sake" to boot ':nope:

Wolferz 01-31-14 09:28 PM

And to think I was going to be a nuke right out of high school. Glad they turned me down.:huh: Maybe carrier duty.:up:

Jimbuna 02-01-14 06:30 AM

"Everything stinks and even the surface sucks"

How apt :)

ETR3(SS) 02-01-14 09:07 AM

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Originally Posted by Wolferz (Post 2170261)
And to think I was going to be a nuke right out of high school. Glad they turned me down.:huh: Maybe carrier duty.:up:

Well dodged that bullet didn't ya? Being a non-nuc on a submarine is a lot easier, only numbers 1-5 apply. Carrier? BIG TARGET FOR SUBMARINES.

Wolferz 02-01-14 03:23 PM

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Originally Posted by ETR3(SS) (Post 2170359)
Well dodged that bullet didn't ya? Being a non-nuc on a submarine is a lot easier, only numbers 1-5 apply. Carrier? BIG TARGET FOR SUBMARINES.

Just have to depend on their AWACS and ASW aircraft.
Sonar bouys and all that.:smug:
GET to da CHOPPA!

Schroeder 02-01-14 06:07 PM

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Originally Posted by Wolferz (Post 2170504)
Just have to depend on their AWACS and ASW aircraft.
Sonar bouys and all that.:smug:
GET to da CHOPPA!

Are AWACS systems even capable of detecting ground targets? I thought they were just for airborne objects.:hmm2:

Wolferz 02-02-14 05:14 AM

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Originally Posted by Schroeder (Post 2170557)
Are AWACS systems even capable of detecting ground targets? I thought they were just for airborne objects.:hmm2:

AWACS= Air Warning And Command System. I'm sure they have the gear for monitoring sonar bouys to find a sub. But, don't quote me on it.:yep:

Schroeder 02-02-14 06:09 AM

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Originally Posted by Wolferz (Post 2170636)
AWACS= Air Warning And Command System. I'm sure they have the gear for monitoring sonar bouys to find a sub. But, don't quote me on it.:yep:

Last time I checked it was Airborne Warning and Control System...:know:
But I couldn't find anything on that they also take part in observing ground or sea targets.

Jimbuna 02-02-14 06:36 AM

I wasn't 100% sure but according to this site the answer is yes:

http://www.defencetalk.com/forums/ai...-targets-3879/

Catfish 02-02-14 06:36 AM

There has to be some automatic drill, especially in submarines, and especially especially for nuclear ones..

However how they do it in that school, i wonder whether the outcome is so 'professional' lol :-?

Wolferz 02-02-14 08:16 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Schroeder (Post 2170650)
Last time I checked it was Airborne Warning and Control System...:know:
But I couldn't find anything on that they also take part in observing ground or sea targets.

I know. I thought about correcting the mistake but, I'm feeling a bit lazy today.:arrgh!:


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